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From Boulder to LA: What to watch for in Denver Nuggets preseason | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider Preseason will take the Nuggets from Boulder to Utah, and back to Colorado for a game at Ball Arena before a two-game trip to Los Angeles. The Nuggets announced their preseason slate Tuesday, which starts with…
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Projecting the Nuggets’ rotation to start the season | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider After sending Peyton Watson to Cleveland and adding DeMar DeRozan on a minimum contract, the Nuggets roster could be set to start next season. The Nuggets have 14 players on standard contracts, the same number they…
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Denver Nuggets’ roster depth chart after free agency | NBA Insider
Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets locker room: NBA Insider The Nuggets roster construction is clearer after a couple of signings over the weekend. The additions of rookie Trevon Brazile and Alpha Diallo — technically a rookie, though he’s 29 — bring the Nuggets to 12…
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Nuggets need to make a run at LeBron James | Vinny’s take
There’s one good reason the Nuggets are yet to make a move 24 hours into free agency. If LeBron James has any interest in playing his 24th NBA season in Denver, the Nuggets need to wait for James to make his call before going forward on other moves. James reportedly informed the Lakers he would…
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Denver Nuggets need to make run at LeBron James | Vinny’s take
There’s one good reason the Nuggets are yet to make a move 24 hours into free agency. If LeBron James has any interest in playing his 24th NBA season in Denver, the Nuggets need to wait for the King to make his call before making any other moves. James informed the Lakers he would be…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: The only way trading Jamal Murray makes sense for the Nuggets
Should the Nuggets make a trade? Jamal Murray had a great year, but disappeared in the playoffs. Can he be the guy that helped them get over the hump again? Don’t know. Aaron Gordon is a tough one. The last two seasons have seen injuries piling up, and he isn’t the player he used to…
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Mark Kiszla: Why Nuggets’ chronic injury woes are desperate cry for help
If it hurts the broken-down Nuggets to watch the NBA Finals from the sofa as much as it torments them to play basketball on the court, then shouldn’t Job 1 for Denver be painfully obvious? Heal thyself. Too often, this team’s starting five is in no shape to make a championship run. That’s more than…
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From David Adelman to Peyton Watson, 5 takeaways from Nuggets’ press conference | Vinny’s take
There were plenty of verbal lines to read between the lines when the Nuggets’ top executives and coach convened Friday at Ball Arena. Team president Josh Kroenke, executive vice president of basketball operations Ben Tenzer, executive vice president of player personnel Jon Wallace and coach David Adelman were smart enough not to show their entire…
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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Trade Jamal Murray? That’s the last thing Nuggets should do.
If I’m running the Nuggets, I would start restructuring the roster by shipping Jamal Murray to the Boston Celtics for Jaylen Brown. – Eric, Charleston, S.C. Kiz: Please allow me to be the voice of reason by shouting: Don’t trade Murray! What should the Nuggets do instead? Recognize that Murray isn’t a true point guard.…
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Mark Kiszla: ‘Joker Halo Effect’ trapped the Nuggets in luxury tax
The miracle of Nikola Jokic that brought Denver a long-sought championship also landed the Nuggets in the mess they’re stuck in now. Joker is too great for the team’s own good. While that might sound crazy, his generational talent fooled Stan and Josh Kroenke into believing they had a core worthy of being a perennial…